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IMPROVEMENT IN GANE STRIPIER.

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TO A LL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, MELQHER MELLINGER', of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery, and State Of-Olio, have invented a. new and improved Cane Stripper; and I do hereby declare that the following is :t full, clear-, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the seme, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part 'of this specification, in which- Figure I is a. plan or top viewl of my invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the stripping device.

Figure' is a section tali-en on the line :z: w, fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate` like parts.

My invention consists in the employment of two or more spring cutters, which, with'n stationary phte, form the device for cutting oi the heads of the canes; and, with the further addition of a. self-adjusting plete or plates, form the stripping device, the whole being constructed, arranged, und operating as will be presently described. I

A A B designate the three sides of a triangular frame, which is supported by legs a, in the proper-mener. Across the frame are placed slots, .C C Q, upon which the -canes are placed. D is n stationary blade, whose shank is secured tothe inner face of the part B of, the freine. YIhis blade is of an A form, and points upward, and its edges are shaped as usual. On each sideto` the blade D there is {t1-ranged a. spring bl`nd`eE.. Each blade 'E has a. bevelled edge facing the blade D, `and is cut away at the lower end of the edges to. form av shoulder guide, vz', which coincides with similar shoulders, correspondingly, on the stationary blnde.. 'i'heseshoul-Y ders guide the blades E in their expansion and contraction, und each blade E terminates in a. spring, b', which is carried down and bent around a. screwr or the like, driven in the frnme B, and then bent upward'- nnf'lfnstened td another screw, C, or the like, as shown clearly in iig. 2. This construction of the shank of tite-blade forms.-

a. spring blade, which hns a continual tendency to press inward the blade D, but which may be` thrown nwav' from it by pressing the cane down between the blades D and E so that it n uty reschthc socket or opening, F, for stripping it. G G :tre spring plates, having grooved tops, as shown nt c, iig. 2. lllhese'nrecarriedaromidundklrthe part B of the frame, and' secured to the other side thereof. Each has a slot,.f, cut in: it which workson a.

pin or screw, g, secured in the part B. Thus these three plates nrnllowed nn up and down play, so that they' may adjust themselves to the size of the cane being stripped.l In usinglthe enne stripper-, the bends can first be out o by shoving-the canes down between the blades D E, after which the canes one to' lle-inserted in the opening F, and drown through in the usual manner. Y

What I claim as new, andA desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The shoulders e', in stationary blade D, and spring blades E, operating in combination with. the slotted; spring blades G, es und for the purpose specied.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 22d day of May', T866.

ll/IELK'JHJIIRv MELLINGER.

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